Summary
Cost – Senior Players: $100 (18 years+)
Cost – Junior Players: $70 (Min. age 13 years)
Start Date: Monday 1st May, 2023
Finish Date: Monday 10th July, 2023
Location: Castlewood Community Reserve
Competition Structure
The Autumn season for Opens players will be contain 2 types of competitions:
- Hornets Local Comp
- Hornets Stingers
Note: This page is specifically for the Autumn Opens Competition. If you are looking for Autumn Vespas competition, please CLICK HERE.
Hornets Local Comp is the competition that we know and love, where friends and families come together to play competitive touch footy for fun, fitness and friendship.
Hornets Local will have divisions in Men’s and Mixed.
Minimum age for family mixed teams is 12yrs.
Registering a Team
If you are a team coordinator looking to set up a team click the “Register a Team” Button where you will be taken to Touch Football Australia’s new competition management system.
Select the division you want to create the team in and follow the prompts.
As a first time user of the new competition management system, you will be asked to create a login.
Are you Looking for a Team?
If you are someone who doesn’t have a team, but wants to play the great game of Touch Footy, no problem, the Hornets Swarm is here to help.
Please fill out the following form, and we will find you a team.
Registering as a Player in a Team
If someone has organised a team for you, the easiest way to register in that team is to use the link provided by the team coordinator.
Alternatively, if you know the name of your team, you can search for it by clicking “Find my Team”. (Note: the search is not confined to Hills Hornets Touch and will return teams from all affiliates across Australia)
Active Kids Vouchers
If you are 18 or under, you might be entitled to use an active kids voucher. The NSW Government provides 2 Active Kids vouchers per child per year. It will allow you to redeem the entire cost of registration.
Playing Singlets
Unlike Spring Comp, Teams in Autumn Comp organise their own playing shirts/singlets.
However, if you played in Spring, you have the option to reuse your spring Comp reversible singlets. Limited stocks are available for purchase via the Hills webshop
Hornets Stingers is a concept where players enter a draft. Hornets officials will allocate players in a manner that equalises talent and ensures competitive games each week.
The division is primarily targeted at players who are current Hills Hornets representatives from the ages of 13yrs and up. The idea is to provide a fun, social and competitive environment. The benefits for younger players will be the opportunity to play with and against Hornets best opens players. The benefits for senior players is the opportunity to hone your leadership and mentoring skills, and have a hand in the next generation of Super Hornets.
Hornets Stingers will have a men’s and a women’s division.
Park Comp Divisions
Division Name | Game Day |
Stingers - Mens | Monday |
Stingers - Womens | Monday |
Park Comp - Mens | Monday |
Park Comp - Mixed | Monday |
Vespas (10-15yrs) | Tuesday |
Competition Schedule
The Autumn season is scheduled to start in the week beginning 1st of May 2023. There will be 10 rounds with no finals (first past the post)
Where rounds are cancelled due to wet weather, catch up rounds will be played at the end of the normal season, if our field allocation can accommodate.
Teams will be advised as required.
Round | Date | Notes |
1 | 01/5 | |
2 | 08/05 | |
3 | 15/05 | |
4 | 22/05 | |
5 | 29/05 | |
6 | 05/06 | |
Week Off | 12/06 | Kings Birthday |
7 | 19/06 | |
8 | 26/06 | |
9 | 03/07 | |
10 | 10/07 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Who supplies the playing uniform?
Unlike the Spring competition, teams will need to source their own playing shirts or singlets.
Teams are welcome to reuse their reversible spring comp playing singlets. Limited stocks are available for purchase via the Hills webshop
When do registrations close?
The scheduled close date for registrations is the 24th April, but please note that in previous seasons when demand has been high, we have been forced to close off registrations earlier than expected for some divisions.
I want to register more than 1 player as an individual, can you ensure they end up in the same team?
Absolutely. Once registered, send an email to info@hillshornetstouch.com with their names requesting same team placement.
How many players per team?
All teams must register a minimum of 8 players. This is a mandatory requirement. If a few players short, please contact info@hillshornetstouch.com to request a few more to join the team.
I want to register a team, but I'm a few players short. Can you help?
Absolutely. Send an email to info@hillshornetstouch.com with your team name once registered and the number of additional players you would like. We will allocate players from our individual player registration pool.
I've never played touch football before, can you cater for beginners?
Absolutely. At Hills Hornets Touch we welcome everybody.
Register yourself, and we will find you a team that can accommodate your experience and skill level.
This season we are also going to make available our representative and elite level coaches available to teams to learn more about the game.
You can also check out our Basics of touch page for an introduction on how the game is played.
There are also some highlight videos you can watch on Hornets TV.